Are you new to the food stamp program?
Help the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel out.
State figures show that food stamp participation is on the rise, and one factor could be the slumping economy.
Has the increasing cost of food priced you out of the grocery store? If you've been struggling with those rising prices and have turned to the state for help through the food stamp program, we'd like to hear from you. Please send an e-mail to sforster@journalsentinel.com.
Once again, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel asks readers to deliver the story rather than going out and getting it.
It happened here and here.
It's bad enough that the Journal Sentinel keeps putting out requests for the public to do the work of reporters.
What's odd about this one is it's a call out to food stamp participants, the very poor.
If you can't afford to buy food, what are the odds that you have access to a computer?
Clearly, the assumption is being made by the JS that people can't buy food but they are online.
I can't believe that many poor people are hanging out at the library and going to the Journal Sentinel's website.
If the people turning to the state for help to put food on their tables can afford their own computers, perhaps they need to prioritize their spending.
On top of the list should be the basic needs -- food and shelter.
"Has the increasing cost of food priced you out of the grocery store?"
In most societies, the poorest of the poor can't afford to eat.
In the U.S., the poor, the ones "priced out of the grocery store," have access to a computer and the Internet but need state help to buy food.
Interesting. Is a computer as necessary to basic survival as food?
2 comments:
I worked for a government program that provided assistance to people who couldn't pay their heating bills. In order to qualify for the program, participants had to fill out budget worksheets with me. I was amazed at the number of people who had expensive cell phones plans and huge cable bills but who were about to have their electricity shut off. Many also received help from the food bank that we shared the building with. Why bother wasting your money on food or electricity when someone else will pick up the bill and you can spend money on more important things??
It is frustrating.
There are people who are truly struggling and really need assistance. Then there are those who grab for any handout they can get.
It's wrong.
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